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Originally posted by Antroman

Great Explanation Flyguy, Don is just a little bit full of himself and this conflicts with the fact he is getting up there in years. He has been a good embassador for the game and a Mighty Maple's supporter for the most part over many years. Sadly, I have to also admit he has become a real dinosaur and his on air demeanor where once at least interesting and amusing, has now become almost hard to watch. I especially dislike his rude manner toward Ron McLean these days. For some reason it just doesn't seem funny like it used to. I really hate to say it but I think it is pretty much time to bow out as gracefully as you can Mr. Cherry. Time waits for no one!!!

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Originally posted by Rambo2305

So he's a senile old man, who played one shift in the NHL. Failed to record a point, hit, fight or even shot. So why is he qualified to pass judgment on players? Correction...if you are dense enough to listen to him, all Canadian players are god, and everyone else is s***. So Crosby isn't the best in the league, Malkin and Ovechkin battle for that title now. Rather then rag on Ovechkin, Cherry should praise him. Ovechkin scores, and when he gets hit, he hits back....harder. Unlike some players that cry to Super Mario and the ref...**cough...Crosby** If Ovechkin was born in Canada, Cherry would be willing to marry him, but because he's Russian, he's public enemy #1! As a Canadian, I'm ashamed that Cherry is even on the CBC (Tax payer funded station). Cherry's also one of the greatest Canadians ever???? WTF happened there? So Cherry should live with the fact that European players can dominate just as much as North American players, simple as that. You could go on and on about how full of s*** Cherry is, but pretty sure the servers can't handle that much.

"Everytime you step out onto the ice, it's a clean slate, anyone can win"

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Originally posted by Guest9504

Don Cherry changed the face of hockey,and not necessaily for the good.When he was in his glory days he had quotes like, there should be no checking from behind player are going to get hurt, whats wrong with a little face wash,players who fight should respect each other,shake hands after a fight , no donney brooks..now both the league and the players dont know what a penalty is , so they dreamed up new rules like retaliation penalties, which means if you rub you hand in someones face , you dont get a penalty he does, in the old days if someone gave you a face wash, you got a penalty..hitting from behind penalty, which means at the last second if you turn your back to him ,he will get a penalty..which opens up a new can of worms for the young kids coming up because they learn to turn their backs and get crushed, in the old days you learned to swoop the corners for the puck..as far as fighting goes they are now staging fights for the audience,this was never the purpose of fighting in the old days , no buddy loved their enemy, you never even thalk to your opponent...do i like ovechkin..i guess...he is everything i would want in a player on my team..he loves to score,he loves when his own players score, he hits for himself, (and does he hit) he fights for himself (ovechkin tell semin not to fight anymore) and he loves the game like no other hockey player in the game,no matter what nationality. True old style hockey. win or lose i will always be an ovechkin fan,because he plays to win the hockey game, and by the way i am canadian.

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